I can see clearly now...

For the past week or so, the air quality here has been horrible due to the Oregon wildfires blowing up our way. Our air quality index was in the 150-200+ range for the better part of a week! It bummed us out because we had to cancel our camping trip to Deception Pass that we had booked back in January.

While we stayed in, we found ways to amuse ourselves including FINALLY getting the girls to watch the Star Wars trilogy. I think they were so desperate for screen time they finally relented to Scott's badgering them to watch it. They ended up enjoying it quite a bit and have already been asking us about watching the other episodes. YAY for the small wins during these crazy times, right?

Hazy hazy view of our street

This is the view of downtown Bellevue getting off the 405 exit. This isn't even a mile from downtown!

Scott passed time by brewing beer in our kitchen. This is the disaster that was our kitchen one night.

He had so much weight and water in the sink that it started to leak...

Drying out hops so that he can brew more later.

Finally painting the rocks we got form Seabrook.

Evie's Princess Leia hairdo.

The weather FINALLY cleared up on Sunday after a few days of rain and boy were we happy to head out to the park to breathe in the nice clean air! Here's a few glamour shots I tried to take of the girls. They weren't being very cooperative but some turned out okay!

Her annoyed-at-Mom-for-taking-so-many pictures face

I think she looks like Scott's old baby photos here

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Happy new year!!

Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.

Eating on the road

With all the COVID restrictions on restaurants and Scott not liking takeout service, we've gotten pretty good at planning meals for days we are out and about. We've basically taken to tailgating... a lot! It is nice though that it means having a hot meal to warm up after a day of playing in the snow and I'm not going to lie - it is also a good excuse to eat instant noodles because it is fast and easy and warming! For overnight stays, we end up doing instant pot meals like one-pot spaghetti or chili, or easy meals like a cheese plate or sandwiches. It does save on $ so that's definitely nice but man, I can't wait to go out to restaurants again! Beef and barley soup lunch at Mt Baker. Chillin' with Chili at Crystal Mountain. Beautiful but cold picnic in Wenatchee Little girl loving her hot ramen over Blewitt Pass Jook after sledding at Crystale Springs Chicken Noodle Soup in the snow at Salmon Ridge. Pho bowls under the ferry awning at Diablo Lake.

Glass art

We picked up our finished creations from the glass blowing class we took a few weeks ago and I think they came out great! Can you tell who made which one? Nora's sunset pumpkin, May's bluebird and Evie's snow pumpkin.

Simpsons in Seattle

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